Thanksgiving

It's been about 10 years since we've had Thanksgiving with my family!! In North Carolina we never made it out west for the holidays, and when we were in Utah for 7 years, we spent Thanksgiving with my cousins. We had so much fun leaving our husbands and babies sleeping while we did our black Friday shopping at 4am in the FREEZING COLD!! It was a fun tradition and I will never forget those memories. This year we had about a dozen people over for dinner and then decided to sleep in on black Friday. We figured if there was something still there when we got there, then it was meant to be :) I was experimenting with my timer on my camera so there are several of the same area (almost looks like time lapse photography-but not really). Oh, it was so funny - Gabriela was SO excited for turkey! My dad cut the ham first and she almost died waiting. Emalyn got her first bite of turkey and LOVED it!

My mom got the kids this gingerbread house kit to do Thanksgiving morning while we were all cooking and they had so much fun decorating it. Gabriela had a hard time though, trying not to eat one of each variety of candy!

I am so thankful for my family and I love this time of year that's dedicated to it! I love having my kids home from school and everyone getting together for birthdays, holidays, events, etc. I'm so grateful to be back home. Hope you all enjoy this season as well.